Hull

Un-fare

adamg — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:14:23 +0000

Also see: Riders of the Hull ferry talk about the proposed end of their commute:

Civil-liberties lawyer: Alleged moron at Nantasket Beach may have had right to be a moron

adamg — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:34:09 +0000

The Herald talks to Harvey Silverglate about the guy arrested at Nantasket Beach yesterday when he refused to come out of the surf. Well, that and after he allegedly ran across the road to try to evade state troopers.

The calm before the storm

adamg — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:00:49 +0000

Nantasket Beach, 1:30 p.m., about a half hour before the rains started in earnest. There were a few body surfers, a guy flying a kite and some people just hanging out, underneath some dramatic clouds. We had lunch at the Red Parrot, which had several specials, including a Bloody Irene cocktail.

@USRep_Keating is now online

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:25:14 +0000

Follow USRep_Keating Bill Keating on twitter here.

Life on the edge of a hurricane zone: Nantasket, 2 p.m.

adamg — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:16:29 +0000

Nantasket Beach wasn't exactly crowded around 2 p.m., but there were quite a few people there, from wetsuit-clad surfers to more casual body surfers and bathers to one guy with a metal detector. It was kind of windy, but not overwhelmingly so, and the waves for the most part were small to minuscule. Looking north toward the rest of Hull, you could see this cloud hugging the topography:

Here's something you don't see every day: A guy walking on water (OK, he was actually standing on a surfboard and was getting around by paddling):

As I was driving to the beach, it started raining a bit around 1:45 between the Fore and Back rivers. Afterwards, at a Panera in Hingham, I had just sat down when this little girl at the table next to me blurted out: "What if the hurricane started early and we were driving on the road and we DIED?!?"

Damn lucky kayaker rescued off Hull

adamg — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:39:33 +0000

The Coast Guard reports the rescue of a guy who decided to do a little ocean kayaking around 11:30 last night off Nantasket Beach - in rough waters and without a life jacket.

Of course, he capsized - but right near a moored boat to which he was able to swim and spend several hours.

The Coast Guard says it launched a search boat, and Hull firefighters began searching from shore around 4 a.m. - after a friend called to report the guy missing at 3:30 a.m.:

The missing man called out to the search party on the beach from aboard a moored boat he swam to after falling off the kayak.

The beach search party directed the Coast Guard boat crew to the man's location, where he was rescued and transported to shore where a waiting ambulance took him to South Shore Hospital.

Winds were 20-knots, seas 2-to-4 feet, and the water was 59 degrees Fahrenheit.

The Coast Guard advises against going out in bad weather in a kayak.

Before the rains came

adamg — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:32:46 +0000

We went down to Nantasket this afternoon in search of big waves and surfers, but showed up too early - there were neither big waves nor surfers. Instead, we found a few diehard beachgoers, some (including all the lifeguards) bundled up, trying to get one last summer day in, clouds and dropping temps be dammed.

Lifeguards make sure nobody's buried in giant hole left by some college students:

You'd be pretty happy too if you were these guys

adamg — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:41:03 +0000

The Coast Guard used a helicopter to rescue these two guys and their dog after their boat got stuck on rocks off Hull in Bill-whipped waters around 3:30 p.m. yesterday. In Nahant, a guy who decided yesterday was a good day for fishing is in critical condition after a wave swept him off the rocks he was on, Channel 7 reports.

Photo by Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Stallard.

The Shmatte Man of Hull

adamg — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:54:35 +0000

Dave Alpert remembers Nathan the Shmatte Man, who:

[R]oamed the beach with garbage bags full of cheap clothing (bringing delightful treats to all the old ladies). ... The women would start to haggle. It was like a game in which they would try to get the best deals possible. Everyone seemed to win. ...

Sunset over Nantasket

adamg — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:12:04 +0000

Massmoga watches the sun go down.

Her $12 vacation

adamg — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:53:17 +0000

Lolita Parker Jr. chronicles her trip to Hull and back via commuter ferry.

Earlier:
Hull water view of downtown.

Water view

adamg — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:55:00 +0000

We drove down to the South Shore today just for the Hull of it; to see if we could see any crashing waves from what was left of the storm. There was some chop on the water, a few whitecaps, even some spray coming over the seawall, but nothing really dramatic, at least in terms of storm action. The general views, however, were dramatic as always, such as the view across the Harbor Islands toward Boston.

Psychotherapist from Hull is Ex-Stripper - "Princess Cheyenne"

kensavage — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:07:15 +0000

Interesting thread going on here from Lucy hereself...

A South Shore woman has been indicted on charges she practiced for years as an unlicensed psychologist, state authorities said Thursday. Louise Wightman, 46, of Hull, was indicted by a Suffolk County grand jury on several counts of filing false health care claims, insurance fraud, and larceny over $250, according to Attorney General Thomas Reillyâ€™s office.